House of Bryant Publications, L.L.C. v. A&E Television Networks

Filing 27

MOTION for Defendant AETNs Corporate Representative to Be Permitted to Attend Initial Case Management Conference by Telephone by A&E Television Networks. (Hubbard, Heather)

House of Bryant Publications, L.L.C. v. A&E Television Networks

Doc. 27

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION HOUSE OF BRYANT PUBLICATIONS, L.L.C., ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) A&E TELEVISION NETWORKS, ) ) Defendant. )

Civil Action No. 3:09-0502 Judge Trauger

MOTION FOR DEFENDANT AETN'S CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE TO BE PERMITTED TO ATTEND INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE Defendant A&E Television Networks ("AETN") respectfully moves this Honorable Court for permission for AETN's corporate representative, David Sternbach, to attend the initial case management conference and to do so by telephone. Mr. Sternbach is Litigation and

Intellectual Property General Counsel of AETN. Mr. Sternbach often attends court-mandated conferences on behalf of AETN as its corporate representative, and the undersigned counsel would appreciate the opportunity for him to attend the initial case management conference in this case. Because Mr. Sternbach is in New York, undersigned counsel requests that he be permitted to attend by telephone. Undersigned counsel has spoken with counsel for Plaintiff and there is no opposition to this Motion. For these reasons, AETN respectfully requests that this Court GRANT this Motion and permit David Sternbach to attend the initial case management conference and to do so by telephone.

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Respectfully submitted, /s/ Heather J. Hubbard Robb S. Harvey (Tenn. BPR No. 011519) Heather J. Hubbard (Tenn. BPR No. 023699) WALLER LANSDEN DORTCH & DAVIS, LLP 511 Union Street, Suite 2700 Nashville, TN 37219 Phone: [phone] E-mails: [e-mail] and [e-mail] Counsel for Defendant CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on November 20, 2009, the foregoing document was filed electronically. Notice of this filing will be sent by operation of the Court's electronic filing system to all parties indicated on the electronic filing receipt, including those listed below. Parties may access this filing through the Court's electronic filing system. Richard S. Busch Thomas J. Motzny King & Ballow 315 Union Street, Suite 1100 Nashville, TN 37201 /s/ Heather J. Hubbard Counsel for Defendants

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